[murmuring] the committee will be in order, we will now proceed with questions. I will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police held a need to george mr. Floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i cant breathe. Mr. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He
30 minutes, a curfew in walnut creek went into effect 2 hours ago after looters hit several stores there. This is Broadway Plaza in downtown walnut creek. It is of course the center of that suburban shopping district. This these pictures shot about 2 hours ago and you can see large groups of people heading toward the mall. They were seen looting in stores, including Lululemon Ray ban a liquor store. The macys and more mayor has who told us earlier today that this was criminal behavior and broadband liz im not in the spirit of the peaceful protests seen elsewhere kron fours dan thorn has been in walnut creek all day long he joins us live now with the latest details dan. The ken and pam heavy Police Presence here in downtown walnut creek is you can see behind me here. This is main street its pretty much blocked off by dozens of officers. All the way through downtown towards Broadway Plaza. Its unclear if there was any damage that was done to some of the rtaurants and shops that are along
I dont you can see behind me but the media is standing can you get that shot rob and perhaps you can. Ok were ok im going to move out of the way from my photographer to piers the president is about to come out in the lawn and witness this for himself this is another unprecedented moment we understand hes going to walk over cross in Lafayette Park where the its pennsylvania avenue the Lafayette Park and then its the site of St Johns Episcopal Church they call it the church of the president s it was burned last night in d. C. That would have been sunday evening in washington d. C. This outraged the u. S. President you see the Media Standing by i see people accident the white house and we expect that the u. S. President will momentarily be accepting the white house himself to make what would be an historic walk across the lawn. Out of the gates. And into the tear gas where these protesters have been pushed back so were you asked me barber if ive ever seen anything like this before i certa
Without a doubt this is what happened in ferguson right it was a full nearly a military response you know local Police Forces around the country have been rewarded with military grade equipment the kinds of equipment you would normally see only in an International War context and there was extreme levels of containment and violence as if people exercising their civil rights to freedom of expression and to gather in public to protest were a threat to the nation rather than the very rights that the nation is designed to protect but thats the logic of what it means to face a state violence when youre a black Community Even if whites and others are participating its when its understood as a racial crime that you begin to see this kind of extreme violent response that said it is my understanding that there are also many instigators involved in minneapolis and perhaps in. Other cities around the country as well and more data on that may come up as the weeks bear out but what that means is th
Died during a police arrest. This is the area to deal with police and criminal justice. 3 of the Police Officers involved in floyds arrest in minneapolis make their 1st Court Appearance charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder. A u. S. Navy veteran held by iran for almost 2 years is released as part of a deal that saw Washington Free an american iranian scientists. So then the 1st Memorial Service honoring a black man in the United States who died in Police Custody has been held in minneapolis poignant memories was shared of george floyd whose murder spots those nationwide protests the event was also used as a rallying cry to overhaul the Justice System mourners including celebrities musicians and politicians stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds that select the time floyd is said to have been pinned and a Police Officer. Its crazy all these people came to see my brother. Thats amazing to me that he touched so many people hearts you know that he had such an i was you